If you have around $13,000 to spare, the world’s first 13TB solid-state drive could be yours.

Fixstars on Wednesday announced the mammoth SSD-13000M, which will ship by the end of February. SSDs today have no more than 6TB of storage, and the 13TB drive more than doubles that capacity.

An official price hasn’t been determined by Fixstars. But a rough estimated selling price is around $1 per gigabyte, or $13,000, said Shien Zhu, a spokesman for Fixstars.

The pricing could fluctuate, but not by much, Zhu said.

The 13TB drive will be sold directly by Fixstars and won’t be available through online retail stores or sites. The company is targeting the SSD at enterprises, but anyone with a big wallet can touch base with Fixstars to purchase the drive.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD